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Ethan Hawke’s 11 Best Genre Roles (So Far)

With Marvel's Moon Knight and horror film Black Phone on his 2022 resumé, we take a look back at the actor's genre career to date.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jun 16

A Tribute to Sam Neill’s 13 Most Memorable Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Roles

Sam Neill doesn’t have a new movie out—Jurassic World: Dominion isn’t due until 2021—and it’s not his birthday or anything. We just really appreciate him (and his upbeat, animal-filled social media presence). We think you probably do, too, and now is as good a time as any to watch (or rewatch) some of his best…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 24

Stories that prove there’s a fine line between zombie and vampire

True Blood returns tonight, and last season’s finale dropped several clues that this season might introduce zombies alongside our usual cast of vampires, werepanthers, fairies, and shapeshifters. But are zombies and vampires really all that different? Zombies and vampires are both, after all, the walking dead. They both need human tissue to survive. Sure, vampires…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 10

The Greatest Post-Apocalyptic Subway Stations

It’s easy to forget when service is spotty, but urban subway systems are one of the modern age’s enduring achievements. So whenever movies and television show us the apocalypse, it just makes sense to show subways in ruins. Here are some outstanding examples of post-apocalyptic subway stops. Beneath the Planet of the Apes Everyone knows…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Mar 11

Ethan Hawke Pitches Daybreakers 2: The Road Warrior

Ethan Hawke is ready to get his hands dirty in the next Daybreakers film. He’s even got a few ideas for a sequel. We asked the directors the Spierig brothers what they thought, but they’ve got a prequel in mind. While doing press for the vampire flick Daybreakers, main character Ethan Hawker brainstormed a few…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 15

Scald Your Eyes With Daybreakers’ Bloody, Futuristic Vision Of Vampirism

Daybreakers will hook you from the very first scenes, which slam you into a bleak, frenetic near-future where most humans have gone vampire without contemplating the consequences. Like how quickly the world will reach peak blood when everybody drinks it. Written and directed by the Spierig Brothers, Daybreakers is a welcome reminder that the vampire…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 8

Willem Dafoe Discusses Vampire Barebacking In Daybreakers

Willem Dafoe‘s “wild-card” character Elvis has all the film’s best lines. Find out which raunchy lines Dafoe had a hard time saying, and how he handled such an over-the-top charactier. Plus behind-the-scenes clips, and the most inappropriate vampire interview ever. While one could consider Willem Dafoe’s character in Daybreakers, Lionel ‘Elvis’ Cormac, to be a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 8

Ethan Hawke Explains How To Keep Your Self-Loathing Vampire From Being A Bore

In the bloody vampire film Daybreakers, Ethan Hawke takes on the classic, but often dull, role: the self-hating vampire. Hawke explains how to keep the miserable undead interesting — and how a genre movie is like a punk rock song. While doing Daybreakers roundtable interviews, we got Ethan to open up on the themes of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7

Daybreakers Directors Working On A Mysterious 1940s Alt-History

One thing the Daybreakers directors love, and excel at, is world-building. And we’ve got the exclusive update on the new worlds they’re building, including Warner Bros.’ space-pirate reboot of Captain Blood, and another mysterious 1940s alternate-history film. While chatting about the vampire world the Spierig brothers created, they shared updates on their next two in-the-works…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7

The 20 SF Movies We’re Most Excited To See In 2010

Are you prepared for cinematic awesomeness? This year sees a number of movies we’re eager to watch, from Christopher Nolan’s acid trip to new Iron Man, Predator and Tron films. Here are 20 reasons not to give up on movies. 2009 was a mixed year for films, to say the least — a number of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 6

Guess Which Mutated Vamp Is Coming To Dinner, In New Daybreakers Clips

We’ve got three new bloody Daybreakers clips, putting you face to face with the unholy creatures vampires will turn into if they’re starved of human blood. What are you waiting for? Open up those veins!

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 5

Massive Gallery Of Daybreakers’ “Newly Evolved” Vampires

The entire gallery of our future vampire selves from Daybreakers has been released in sexy high quality. It’s so real you can almost see the chunks of human flesh between their mangled teeth. Daybreakers, which comes out in theaters January 8th, is set in the future, when almost all humans have turned vampire. But with…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 30

A New Clip from Daybreakers, a Thor Rumor Laid to Rest, and a New Love for True Blood

Daybreakers’s vampire protagonist has a close encounter of the human kind. A Thor rumor gets quashed, and we get updates on the Inglourious Basterds prequel and 30 Days of Night sequel. Plus, spoilers from True Blood, Lost, Dollhouse, and Chuck. Daybreakers We get a human-vamp encounter in a new clip. [via CinemaBlend] Thor Apparently, there…

Television Lauren Davis Dec 23

See Daybreakers’ Monster Vamps, Kick-Ass’ Hit Girl, Chuck’s New Season, and New Doctor Who Clips

Lots of pictures in today’s spoilers, including images from Daybreaker, Kick-Ass, Book of Eli, Toy Story 3, Being Human, and Chuck. Plus, clips from the Doctor Who Christmas special, and news on The Phantom, Dollhouse, True Blood, and Lost. Kick-Ass The final character poster has been revealed to give us purple-haired, plaid skirt-wearing Hit Girl.…

Television Lauren Davis Dec 18

Daybreakers Clip Shows The “Perks” For Those Who Hunt Humans

In this exclusive Daybreakers clip, Ethan Hawke argues blood ethics with his little vamp bro who hunts down humans for the new Army. Could Hawke be the first vampire teetotaller we don’t want to stake? Daybreakers will be in theaters January 8th 2010.

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 17

Eye-Popping Videos From Doctor Who, Daybreakers, Caprica, Chuck And Avatar!

Do new Iron Man images have a secret message? What superpower will John Carter of Mars‘ villain have? How crazy Daybreakers’ vampire-overrun future get? Which much-loved Supernatural character is back? Discover the answers! Plus Doctor Who/Chuck/Caprica videos, and Lost spoilers. Iron Man 2: So you’ve noticed that press clippings about Tony Stark are a big…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 17

Daybreakers Explains How You Doomed Us All To A Viral Vampire Future

Learn how we’ll all evolve into vampires in the future, in this new Daybreakers breakdown video. Plus, tips on how to capture wild humans. vampire death-scene wallpapers, and new posters. At the Daybreakers sponsored site Capture Humans, there’s a Facebook video that, once hooked up to your page, will explain the viral “gift” that is…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 15

Awesome Clips From Doctor Who And Avatar, Plus A Major New Lost Clue

Four Avatar TV spots include new walker-stomping action, and Doctor Who explains temporal mechanics in a new clip. Lost set pics reveal a new puzzle piece. Plus Chuck, Fringe, Kick-Ass, Daybreakers, Dollhouse, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Better Off Ted and V spoilers. Avatar: A few new TV spots. Spot #13 includes some sexy heavy walker action. And…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 8

Watch The Mutation Of A Blood Starved Daybreakers Vamp

In the future, we are all vampires, but we’re running out of viable blood, since our future selves decided to turn the remaining humans into a Matrix-style blood farm. Watch what happens when Daybreakers’ vampires run out of blood.

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 2

Does Iron Man 3 Already Have Its Villain? Thor’s Asgard Gets a New Defender, and Lost Gets A Premiere Date

Asgard has an actor to defend the bridge, and Jon Favreau may have already chosen Iron Man 3’s villain. One Fringe character could be seeing double, and another dead character returns to Lost. Plus: Star Trek, Daybreakers, Legion, and Chuck. Thor Idris Elba, whom fans of The Wire know as Stringer Bell, has been cast…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 20

Daybreakers

Ethan Hawke’s 11 Best Genre Roles (So Far)

A Tribute to Sam Neill’s 13 Most Memorable Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Roles

Stories that prove there’s a fine line between zombie and vampire

The Greatest Post-Apocalyptic Subway Stations

Ethan Hawke Pitches Daybreakers 2: The Road Warrior

Scald Your Eyes With Daybreakers’ Bloody, Futuristic Vision Of Vampirism

Willem Dafoe Discusses Vampire Barebacking In Daybreakers

Ethan Hawke Explains How To Keep Your Self-Loathing Vampire From Being A Bore

Daybreakers Directors Working On A Mysterious 1940s Alt-History

The 20 SF Movies We’re Most Excited To See In 2010

Guess Which Mutated Vamp Is Coming To Dinner, In New Daybreakers Clips

Massive Gallery Of Daybreakers’ “Newly Evolved” Vampires

A New Clip from Daybreakers, a Thor Rumor Laid to Rest, and a New Love for True Blood

See Daybreakers’ Monster Vamps, Kick-Ass’ Hit Girl, Chuck’s New Season, and New Doctor Who Clips

Daybreakers Clip Shows The “Perks” For Those Who Hunt Humans

Eye-Popping Videos From Doctor Who, Daybreakers, Caprica, Chuck And Avatar!

Daybreakers Explains How You Doomed Us All To A Viral Vampire Future

Awesome Clips From Doctor Who And Avatar, Plus A Major New Lost Clue

Watch The Mutation Of A Blood Starved Daybreakers Vamp

Does Iron Man 3 Already Have Its Villain? Thor’s Asgard Gets a New Defender, and Lost Gets A Premiere Date

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